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Enhanced Level 1 Environmental Site Assessment on former HGP-A brine water
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<br />pond sites - $25,000
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<br />Study would collect existing environmental data and conduct soil sampling from the
<br />former brine pond sites to analyze for the presence of any hazardous materials that may
<br />be in the ground as a result of the early years of geothermal development.
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<br />ISHIBASHI: Ok, next agenda item. Mr. Arai.
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<br />ARAI: Thank you, Mr. Chairman. The next item on the agenda is a request by the Office of the
<br />Mayor regarding four individual claims for the release of funds from the Geothermal Asset Fund
<br />to basically implement community approved geothermal impact mitigation projects. As you may
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<br />recall at your last meeting of January the 9, the, the Commission considered the applicant, these
<br />various claims, with a specific recommendation to grant, to basically, I’m sorry, approve the
<br />hiring of a claims adjuster that will then review the individual claims offered by the Office of the
<br />Mayor and then forward its recommendation onto the Planning Commission. While, in the
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<br />period between January 9 and today, we were able to retain the services of a claims adjuster,
<br />and that adjuster, as you know, is John Mullen & Co. and four individual claims were filed by
<br />the Office of the Mayor, and those claims, and its supporting information, was provided to all of
<br />you prior to today’s meeting.
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<br />The claims adjuster did review each individual claim and by letter dated February 4, 2014, the
<br />claims adjuster has made their recommendation on each and every single one of those claims.
<br />And those claims, and I’ll just briefly make mention of it is a meta-analysis of health effects of
<br />low and Moderate H2S exposure in the amount of $55,000. Second is ground water sampling
<br />study in the lower East rift by the USGS in the amount of $45,000. The third claim is enhanced
<br />Level 1 environmental assessment on the former HGP-A brine water ponds. That claim was in
<br />the amount of $25,000. And the fourth and final claim was the acquisition of air quality
<br />monitoring equipment by the, to be acquired by the Civil Defense Agency in the amount of
<br />$174,000. I should note that today’s agenda does speak to the fourth claim which is on the third
<br />page of your--oh, I’m sorry—which is on the second page of your agenda. The first claim, it
<br />says air quality monitoring equipment purchases. It states that value or claim at $180,000. The
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<br />agenda had to be published immediately after your last hearing on January the 9, so it was
<br />basically a preliminary number at that time. In the interim, when the claims were submitted, a
<br />more defined cost estimate was provided which is why the claims adjuster recommendation and
<br />the claim itself makes reference to $174,000, not the 180, but because the amount is lower, we’re
<br />ok, because it falls within the scope of the agendized item.
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<br />So, briefly speaking, the claims adjuster has recommended to the Commission in accordance
<br />with your rules of practice and procedure regarding the Geothermal Asset Fund, that the claims
<br />are fair and proper, and the adjuster does recommend that each of those claims be granted. So,
<br />that recommendation has been provided to all of you, and at this point, you need to deliberate
<br />and consider the recommendations of the claims adjuster and make a motion on whether to grant
<br />the claim or to deny it. So, with that, I stand ready to answer any questions that you may have,
<br />and we do have representatives of the Mayor’s office in attendance should you have any specific
<br />questions regarding these specific claims.
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